A remarkable JG 108 and JG 106 album

[Marc-André Haldimann]

Hi there Gang,

Thanks to Peter, over on LEMB, I stumbled on an eBay auction selling individually the pictures of a remarkable photo album from a former JG 106 and 108 pilot who might be Jagdlehrer Fw. Willi Czernotzki. All told more then 20 pictures documenting those units from the Summer of 1943 (JG 106, Frankfurt-Eschborn) up to Szombathély-Steinamanger in September 1944 (JG 108).

2./JG 106, Lachen-Speyerdorf and Bad Schüssheim, October 1944:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/2809206...in/photostream
http://www.flickr.com/photos/2809206...n/photostream/

7./JG 108, Szombathely-Steinamanger, August-September 1944.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/2809206...n/photostream/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/2809206...n/photostream/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/2809206...n/photostream/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/2809206...n/photostream/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/2809206...n/photostream/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/2809206...n/photostream/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/2809206...n/photostream/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/2809206...n/photostream/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/2809206...n/photostream/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/2809206...n/photostream/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/2809206...n/photostream/
There are other pics of that album in my Flickr account.

Fw. Willi Czernotzki went on to serve with 7./JG 53 from 20 January 1945 onwards, scoring a P-47 on 13 March 1945 and a P-51 on 16 March 1945. You can read his memories in Prien, (J.) 1998: Jagdgeschwader 53, Volume 3, Schiffer Publishing Ltd.

Cheers
Marc